Category: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

FBI Director Wray, DEA Administrator Testify to Senate Appropriation Committee Hearing on Budget

FBI director Christopher Wray and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram testify to the Senate Appropriation Committee hearing on their budget at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 10. …


LIVE NOW: FBI Director Wray, DEA Administrator Testify to Senate Appropriation Committee Hearing on Budget

FBI director Christopher Wray and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram testify to the Senate Appropriation Committee hearing on their budget at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 10. …


Orange County Authorities Seize Over 44,000 ‘Rainbow’ Fentanyl Pills in 2 Recent Incidents

Orange County Sheriff’s officials announced Jan. 26 that “rainbow” fentanyl was found for the first time in the department’s jurisdiction. Deputies confiscated 14,000 multi-colored fentanyl pills along with 2 kilograms of it in powder form and 10 pounds of methamphetamine from two locations in north Orange County, authorities said. The bust marks the first time,…


Officials Warn of Major Spike in Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths in LA County

LOS ANGELES—While the COVID-19 pandemic causing bars, clubs, and other late-night meeting places to close, online sales of counterfeit pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl exploded, killing more than 1,600 people in Los Angeles County last year, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official said Nov. 21. Fentanyl poisoning is killing the region’s residents, particularly young…